ABSTRACT

This conclusion presents some closing thoughts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book. The book focuses on explaining the labour migration and mobility patterns in the European Union (EU). It explores that the bordering of labour's mental orientation and territorial identity is preventing the existence of a large-scale cross-border or transnational labour market in the EU. The book explains the threshold approach that was originally applied for migration inside the EU towards migration towards the EU. It suggests that Martin and Ton have invited a range of distinguished scholars to reflect on the approach from their own research expertise and field, and in diverse borders sites around the world. The book argues that an important challenge for the future of the approach is to better combine the idea of a border as a threshold and a border as a seduction or resource.